What is the biggest win in Premier League history?
Posted by  badge Boss on Aug 30, 2022 - 02:08AM
Liverpool put nine goals past Bournemouth in one of the biggest wins in Premier League history (Picture: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

put nine goals past Bournemouth in their second home game of the 2022/23 season to record one of the biggest wins in history.

This was Liverpool’s since took charge in 2015 and it was the first time the club had scored nine goals in a Premier League match.

So, where does this rank amongst the biggest wins in Premier League history?

Let’s find out.

What is the biggest win in the Premier League?

Liverpool’s 9-0 win over Bournemouth was the joint biggest win in Premier League history.

The victory equals ’s 9-0 hammering of in October 2019 at St Mary’s stadium.

Lightning struck twice for Southampton in February 2021, when Ralf Hassenhuttel’s men lost 9-0 again, this time against Manchester United at.

And Old Trafford was the scene of another 9-0 drubbing back in March 1995, when five goals from striker Andy Cole saw Manchester United become the first team to score nine goals in the Premier League era.

Biggest wins in Premier League history

Biggest winning margins since the Premier League began in 1992:

  • Manchester United 9-0 Ipswich Town (March 1995)
  • Southampton 0-9 Leicester City (October 2019)
  • Manchester United 9-0 Southampton (February 2021)
  • Liverpool 9-0 Bournemouth (August 2022)
  • Tottenham Hotspur 9-1 Wigan Athletic (November 2009)
  • Newcastle United 8-0 Sheffield Wednesday (September 1999)
  • Chelsea 8-0 Wigan Athletic (May 2010)
  • Chelsea 8-0 Aston Villa (September 2012)
  • Southampton 8-0 Sunderland (October 2014)
  • Manchester City 8-0 Watford (September 2019)

What is the biggest win in English football history?

The biggest win ever recorded in English football took place in 1887, when Preston North End beat a sorry Hyde FC 26-0 in the first round of the .

This is also the record for the most goals scored in an English football match, and it remains the only occasion in which one team has scored over 20 goals in English football.

recorded the biggest away win in English football history with a 14-0 victory over Clapton in the 1891 FA Cup.

The biggest winning margin since the turn of the 20th century came when home side Stockport County beat Halifax Town 13-0.

The visitors had done well to keep the score at halftime to just 2-0, but the floodgates well and truly opened in the second half and they conceded a further 11 goals.

This remains the largest winning margin in league football in this country.

Biggest wins in English football history

Biggest winning margins in all competitions of English football since records began:

  • Preston North End 26-0 Hyde FC (October 1887) – FA Cup
  • Nottingham Forest 14-0 Clapton (January 1891) – FA Cup
  • Stockport County 13-0 Halifax (January, 1934) – Third Division North
  • Newcastle 13-0 Newport County (October, 1946) – Second division
  • Nottingham Forest 12-0 Leicester (April, 1909) – League Division One
  • West Brom 12-0 Darwen (April, 1982) – First Division
  • Liverpool 10-0 Fulham (September 1986) – League Cup
  • West Ham United 10-0 Bury (October 1983) – League Cup

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